What It Was Like: Building Empathy with Historical Fiction
This post is written by member Jessica Tyson. Julie Otsuka’s beautiful novel When the Emperor Was Divine begins with a …
#NCTEchat: Teaching Controversial Works of Literature
Hosted by: Jim Brooks, @TeachGoodThings Join us for a lively conversation about the challenging texts we choose to use in the classroom. …
The Power of Song, or Is It Really the Lyrics?
He leaves his dishes in the sink, thinking leprechauns put them in the dishwasher. She wants to talk during the …
NCTE Citizenship Campaign, February Focus: Black History Month
The following post was written by members of the NCTE Standing Committee on Global Citizenship. February—Black History Month—offers an opportunity to …
Literature and the African American Read-In
To be recognized as an official African American Read-In Host, it’s easy as I,2,3: Select books, poems, speeches (anything) authored …
Why I Think It’s Important to Know Frederick Douglass
The following post is written by NCTE member Scott Filkins. As I prepared to read Frederick Douglass’s autobiography with my …
Pairing Texts for Deepening Reading Comprehension
This post is written by member Kim Essenburg. “I was disappointed because when the librarian talked in class about this …
They Can, but They Don’t.
This post is written by member Mark Condon. I read this morning in Lu Ann McNabb’s NCTE blog about an …
Where Is the Understanding?
Sigh! I just finished a very long letter to the Virginia State Board of Education. I told them why it’s …
Doctor’s Orders: Have Your Children Read These Banned Books
Professor of Journalism and Pediatrics at New York University, Perri Klass, writes a column called “The Checkup” for The New …